Getty ImagesSam Smith and Christian Cowan are headed down the aisle! Sam explained they started writing the song the night before their first date with Christian and finished it after they were a couple. The Times adds Smith revealed at a San Francisco show that this album, dropping August 21, was his first time writing about “requited love." Back in May, Sam and Christian walked the red carpet together at the Met Gala. This look is a love letter to the king of fashion illustration, and to my love, Sam.”